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Creek vs Burble - What's the difference?

creek | burble |

As nouns the difference between creek and burble

is that creek is a small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats while burble is a bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.

As a verb burble is

to bubble; to gurgle.

creek

English

Noun

(wikipedia creek) (en noun)
  • A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
  • Any turn or winding.

    • Synonyms

    * beck, brook, burn, stream

    Derived terms

    * up the creek

    References

    burble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
  • A gush of rapid speech.
  • The turbulent boundary layer about a moving streamlined body.

    • Verb

  • To bubble; to gurgle.
  • To babble; to speak in an excited rush.
    • She burbled on, as if I cared to listen.

    References

    * (etymology) American Heritage Dictionary.

    Anagrams

    * * English onomatopoeias